A mustard plant above Bethsaida along Rte. 888 (April 5th, 2008)
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Not all mustard seeds had the faith to grow this tall. One mustard plant did. The mustard sometimes grew amongst dense Israeli annuals in the most fertile of soils. Growing fast allowed it to reach the sunlight in order to get its energy. It was not shaded out by some other annual. The stalks were so large that there was a passage in the Talmud explaining that mustard stalks were used to thatch a potter's house roof.
Occasionally a mustard plant might be found both tall and with thick stout
branches such as the type that birds might perch on:
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(Jordan River Delta below Bethsaida 4/05/2008).
While I found a 10 foot mustard and a mustard with thick branches, I am sure
that there must have been better examples of a mustard plant that grew to such
dimensions as to stand out as a remarkable example when compared to other
mustard plants.
Parable
of the Mustard Seed
A Mustard Field
Along Highway 87-North Shore of Galilee
Mustard
Seeds in the Palm of a Hand
A
Branching Mustard Plant Near the Jordan River/Bethsaida
Mustard
Field March 1999
Mustard Flowers
Chukar Partridges
Ten Foot Mustard Plant
